The venture firm Digital Currency Group appointed Aimie Killeen as its Chief Legal Officer. 

The appointment comes after months of legal strife for DCG. The firm's subsidiary Genesis filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2023 following the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX. DCG, Genesis, and Genesis' creditor Gemini reached an agreement in February of the same year, with DCG agreeing to deliver recoveries of up to 90% to Genesis creditors in August 2023, The Block previously reported. 

Killeen previously served as the Chief Legal Officer of the software and payments development firm Billtrust. Killeen will join the company on May 1, augmenting DCG’s multinational legal operations, merger and acquisitions, compliance and governance as a new executive leadership team …